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Activision Blizzard chief Bobby Kotick is looking for the next big gaming market.

The longtime head of the Santa Monica, Calif.-based gaming giant was in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday eyeing opportunities to invest in locally produced content. He’s eager to tie up with partners in the Arab world and cater to the region’s roughly 300 million Arabic-speaking population. Read More »

As videogame makers look to Asia, one of Asia’s largest game developers is eyeing the West. Nexon, based in South Korea, grew first in to Japan and China, and is now hoping to expand into the U.S. and Europe—but with a twist: adjusting games to account for local tastes.

“Our previous CEO used to say we don’t want to be in the business of trying to sell kimchi to people who really want to eat hamburgers,” CEO Owen Mahoney said in an interview with the WSJ’s Deborah Kan. “We have to be very sensitive to local tastes if we want to address a bigger market.” Read More »

Shares in Imagination Technologies jumped nearly 12% in London after the smartphone-chip designer announced new technology to improve lighting effects for videogames played on mobile devices. Read More »

Being the last in line to get Sony’s PlayStation 4 game console doesn’t seem to have cooled Japanese fans’ ardor.

Sony said Tuesday that worldwide sales of its PS4 topped 6 million units as of Sunday, driven by sales of 370,000 units since its Japan debut on Feb. 22.

The bulk of those Japan sales were achieved during the opening weekend. According to data released by Japanese videogame magazine publisher Enterbrain, Sony sold 322,083 units during the first two days, nearly four times the 88,443 units sold during the same launch period for its predecessor, the PS3. Read More »

Electronic Arts is losing out on rights to feature the NCAA’s brand and logos in its videogames.

Chalk it up to the antitrust lawsuit filed against the collegiate body by former athletes, write Rachel Bachman and Mike Sielski. The athletes, including former UCLA college basketball star Ed O’Bannon, say they were cut out of billions in revenue from TV and videogames rights.

Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PS4 now must play against much cheaper competition: The Ouya videogame console had its debut in June—and Amazon is already sold out. The Wall Street Journal’s Adam Najberg tells us how it matches up. Read More »